Friday Harbor Film Fest announces audience choice awards

||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS & KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| 

The On-Demand Friday Harbor Film Festival Audience Choice Awards have been decided by the film lovers who viewed the documentaries. Nearly all features from the In-Theatre Festival, an additional four On-Demand Only features, all short films, and all student films were available on the www.fhff website through October 31.

On-Demand Audience Choice Award winners are:
 Best Overall Feature — Corky, directed by Christine Caruso
 Best Short Film – Contrasts, directed by Vanessa Prigollini

Student Winners are:
 Best Student Film, Ages 13 – 17 – Bird Lady, directed by Carter Rostron
 Runner-up Student Film, Ages 13 – 17 – Below the Rise, directed by Massimo Soto
 Best Student Film, Ages 18 – 26 — O’o: The Last Voice of Kauai, directed by Hana Cincotta
 Runner-up Student Film, Ages 18 – 26 – An Urban Herd, directed by Lizzie Coney

FHFF appreciates all the filmmakers who submitted their work and all the film-lovers who viewed the On-Demand documentaries and voted for their favorites. We look forward to offering “Best of the Fest” films online during the winter.